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16:00 Lingfield—Impeach 12/1 Bet Victor Each-Way 

16:00 Lingfield—Impeach 12/1 Bet Victor Each-Way 

Very close semi-final. Well done to the winners.

Again, apologies fot the tardiness of updating the table but issues with my data supplier again, I'll have to think about changing them for somebody else.

16:30 Wolverhampton Lincoln Gamble 9/2 EW Bet365
14:08 Taunton Bourbon Beauty 11/2 EW Bet365
15:10 Haydock Teescomponents Lad 12/1 EW Bet365
Reserve
 18:00 Wolverhampton Vaxholm 3/1 William Hill

17:30 Wolves Dark Flyer 4/1 Bet365
19:00 Wolves Beat The Breeze 5/2 Bet365
20:00 Wolves Axel Jacklin 5/2 Bet365

12.45 Lingfield    TOTALLY CHARMING @13/8 bet365
18.30 Wolverhampton    OLD PORT @11/10 William Hill
15.40 Lingfield    UMM HURAIR @5/2 bet365
Reserve - Lingfield 15.05    AL AMEEN @9/4 William Hill
 

Good luck !

13:35 Kelso Evita du Mesnil EW 11/1 Bet365
2:30 Southwell Abnaa EW  7/2 Bet365
15:40 kelso Prince Dundee EW 13/2 bet365
REServe
12:25 Southwell Cherokee Dance EW 4/1 Bet365
 
 

12.25 Southwell Cherokee Dance 4/1 Bet365
14:00 Southwell Social Contact 4/5 Bet365
16:00 Southwell Airshow 6/1 EW Bet365
 
Reserves
15:30 Southwell Kiritimati Island 5/4 bet365
14:40 Kelso Stainsby Girl 7/2 PaddyPower

12:25 Southwell—Lower Street 2/1 B365
14:30 Southwell—Thaayer 12/1 (EW) B365
15:00 Southwell—Neat And Dandy 17/2 (EW) B365

I understand that there are mixed feelings about re-running the competition after yesterdays problems.
I did manage to submit selections before the deadline - though not my original selections as earlier races had already been run.
I was beaten by Redphil so I think that it would be unfair of me to try for a rematch as I wouldn't feel comfortable if I were to win and Redphil were to lose.
I will not submit other selections and I will bow out gracefully and acknowledge that Redphil was the winner.
Good luck to Redphil for the remainder of the competition and also to the other punters that remain in the KO cup

If you are new to reading this thread then a couple of years ago I decided to do a Road to the Cheltenham Foxhunter thread given all the various Cheltenham pieces never mention the contest. It has proved popular and it is back again as we build up to the race. It is later than usual this season for a couple of reasons. First of all bookies have been very slow to price the race up and secondly not too much has happened especially this side of the Irish sea.
To start with I have written about every horse who has been priced up so far and added a couple that aren’t, but that are being targeted at the race. Hopefully you will find this useful and as always I will update as and when.
Billaway – Not surprisingly the current favourite to finally get his head in front at Cheltenham and I have a feeling at this stage he might just well do it. Having said that his current price is no value and his nonappearance so far this season is a concern. He was entered in the opening Irish hunter chase of the season at Fairyhouse, but didn’t run and then didn’t even get an entry at Down Royal on Boxing Day. Both those things make me think he is injured at the moment or at the very least recovering from an injury. As always with horses being aimed at this race we rarely hear anything about their well being and until we see him on a racecourse I wouldn’t be backing him.
Bob And Co – Obviously wont be seen until hunter chases start up in this country and it wouldn’t be a huge surprise if he followed the same route as last season when he won at Haydock prior to going to Cheltenham.
Porlock Bay – Last year’s winner wasn’t seen again after that success and he made his seasonal reappearance at Chaddesley Corbett over Christmas. He finished 2nd to Premier Magic that day beaten a length in the end, but Will Biddick said after the race that he left plenty to work on and that he was working back from Cheltenham. The fact he was beaten doesn’t make me think that he couldn’t hold on to his crown in March as I do think he will improve a lot for race. Reading between the lines of what Will said after the race he clearly thought Porlock Bay would beat Premier Magic should they take each other on again and I agree with him. I wouldn’t want to back him yet, but at the same time I would have him in single figures rather than the 12/1 he is with Bet365. He looks set to run again this month in either a hunter chase or a point as his final prep for Cheltenham. Premier Magic isn’t priced up yet, but it did sound like he would be going to Cheltenham as well. He’s a good horse and Bradley Gibbs mentioned he had improved from last season. I do think he was the fitter horse at Chaddesley rather than being the better horse.
Latenightpass – As short as 8/1 with Paddy Power and Betfair, but connections have said they will skip Cheltenham and aim him at Aintree instead which seems sensible and they have two other horses to target at the race anyway.
Staker Wallace – 4th and 3rd in the last two runnings and could still have improvement to come. Has yet to be seen so far this season. Paddy Power and Betfair go 7s which is closer to the price I would have him at rather than the 20/1 Unibet have put him in at.
Mighty Stowaway – Already run 7 times between October and the end of December and he’s won 2 points and head heated in another. He was 3rd behind Vaucelet at Fairyhouse in November and it is hard to see on what he has shown so far this season how he is going to improve on his well beaten 6th at Cheltenham last year.
Lord Schnitzel – Was pulled up at the 2020 Festival in the Novice Handicap Chase off 139 and didn’t so a great deal after that. He change trainers last summer and started off by finishing 5th in a Kilbeggan maiden hurdle, before finishing 2nd in his 1st point in September. Since then he has thrived as he won 3 points on the bounce before trouncing his rivals in a maiden hunter chase at Limerick over Christmas. That was an impressive performance and it will be interesting to see what he does in a stronger race, but his trainer said after the race that they may skip Cheltenham and go to Aintree instead.
Winged Leader – Surprised to see him in the beating to be honest as I’d be surprised if he ran, but dead heated with Mighty Stowaway in his only run so far this season. Just struggle to see how he would find the improvement needed to play a part if he did travel.
It Came To Pass – Was a well beaten 7th last year after beating Billaway by 10L in 2020. Has run in 3 points this season so far and after being stuffed in the first of them finished a close 2nd next time before beating Killultagh Vic by a couple of lengths on Sunday. For a novice riders race it was a decent heat, but at this stage I find it hard to see him getting close to his 2020 effort.
Killultagh Vic – Speaking of Killultagh Vic he is also priced up and it was back in 2015 that he landed the Martin Pipe. Obviously has the back class, but he’s now 13 and given he’s been beaten in 2 points this season as well as one last season he will probably do well to qualify for the race let alone win it.
Cloudy Tuesday – Is unexposed and easily won a hunter chase at Thurles last March, before pulling up at Fairyhouse. This season he beat It Came To Pass first up, but was then 2nd to Mighty Stowaway last month and he would need to find improvement to play a part at Cheltenham.
Another Venture – Nicky Henderson doesn’t send too many hunter chasing, but he mentioned that this horse had been purchased to go hunter chasing under his assistant George Daly. George rode him at Cheltenham at the November meeting and ran well enough to finish 3rd albeit 16L behind the winner. In all honestly I think the only reason he has been priced up is because of who he is trained by as his previous rules form wouldn’t be good enough to win this, but he does look capable of winning hunter chases during the season.
Vaucelet – Had Premier Magic and Fumet d’Oudairies behind him win when landing the John Corbet Cup at Stratford last season and he did it will that day on only his 5th start. He returned this term to win a point by 30L before landing the first hunter chase of the season at Fairyhouse. I thought he still looked green that day and it made me think that this season’s Cheltenham Festival might be a year to soon for him. He then went to Down Royal on Boxing Day in a race he really ought to have been good enough to win, but he was only 3rd in the end. He was making hard work of it, but coming to 2 out I thought he was going to win given how well he stays. I was disappointed that he didn’t keep finding at that point and that he faded into 3rd. Some might say that the trip was too short, but for me the trip didn’t get him beat. It will be interesting to see what he does next time, but if he were mine I wouldn’t send him to Cheltenham this season and I think they would be better allowing him some more time. Dorking Cock won that Down Royal contest and he got up to a rating of 129 when trained over here by Tom Lacey. He was a surprise winner at Down Royal and he wouldn’t be good enough for this based on what he had done previously, but he’s only had 17 starts so maybe there is more to come. He’s not in the betting at the moment, but the 2nd home Er Dancer is. He had won a couple of points prior to Down Royal and it does seem like he’s found some improvement this season. He ran like he needed further and could possibly be interesting if the improvement continues.
Fumet d’Oudairies – An incredible buy at just £800 given he is 5 from 6 in points and he has won a couple of hunter chases. I thought he was impressive at Leicester and Cheltenham although they were over 2m4f and 2m respectively and he was only 2nd to Vaucelet at Stratford and that would lead me to think he might struggle to stay in this. He returned on New Years Eve where he had a very easy task at Horseheath under his new jockey Gina Andrews as her brother has now gone pro. I’d want to see him prove he can stay this far under rules and Gina is likely to have a tricky choice to make as the yard have another contender.
Dubai Quest – That other horse is Dubai Quest and at this stage I would favour him over his stablemate. Apart from when he fell on his debut for the yard he has won his other 6 starts for them including bolting up in a hunter chase at Fakenham last February. His only other start last season was a point win at Maisemore. This season he returned in what will probably be the hottest Ladies Open we see all season at Chaddesley Corbett which he won well beating Tango de Juilley and Red Indian. I think it’s seriously good form and connections suggested the hunter chase at Wetherby next month would be used as his Cheltenham prep. He’s not priced up yet, but he ought to be.
Highway Jewel – You may remember that I tipped her up at 66/1 last year only for the trainer to forget to enter her! She has been put in the betting at 20/1 with Bet365 this time around and she has yet to run this season. I think she is better than her stablemate Premier Magic and she would be my pick of the Gibbs runners. I can’t wait to see her back in action.

Trevolli 13:45 L 
Chance 14:20 L
Lord Of The Lodge 18:45 k 5/1 b365

Trevolli 13:45 L 
Chance 14:20 L
Lord Of The Lodge 18:45 k 5/1 b365

Trevolli 13:45 L 
Chance 14:20 L
Lord Of The Lodge 18:45 k 5/1 b365

No prizes for this but out of interest a summary of 2021.
Some stellar performers, especially @mick33who produced a fantastic 247 points profit with only 2 months showing a loss. 
6 players produced profits of over 100 points.
Over a third of players made a profit.

No late challengers so well done to @mick33for finishing first.
@Sugardaddykenfinishes second and @kenisbusy's 50/1 winner ensures 3rd place.
A last day 14/1 winner means @Johnrobertsongrabs 4th place, at the expense of @mickyftm32.
To add insult to injury, this also means @Johnrobertsoncaptures the most winners competition as well.
 



 
 

Fantastic comp for the prize this month.  Commiserations to @mickyftm32good effort

Most winners.

12:40 Lingfield—Marnie James 14/1 B365
 

Congratluations to @Thomas Parkwho wins with an impressive £28 profit. He didn't need the 12/1 winner of the last race but selected it anyway.
Well done to @roger2256who takes 2nd spot and @gbettlewho posts the best return of the day to grab the 3rd prize.
Could the prize winners please PM me pay-pal details.

Sorry it’s so big ?‍♂️

1:20 kem Jacamar 
15:05 kem Lostintranslation